Contributed by MN_DrNick. Posted by aubin on Wednesday, June 13, 2012 at 11:00 AM (EDT)

Akimbo has called it quits after more than 14 years together. They posted this:

We decided to stop playing because Aaron is leaving the band for non-dramatic reasons. He just wants to do other stuff. Nat and I are completely busy/fulfilled with our various other projects and see no need to drag you people through any more nonsense than you deserve. Also, Aaron is really good, and rather than try and outshine his contributions we'd rather be lazy and just do other bands. We have almost a whole album written. We might try and record some songs, we might not. It all boils down how little of a pain in the ass that is going to be and if any labels are foolish awesome enough to release a half complete record that will never be performed.

They're planning one final show in Seattle, WA on Saturday, August 11, 2012 at
The Comet Tavern.

"jersey shores" is one of my favorite albums of all time. it's raw and energetic. great to just blast when everyone's out of the house. many, many poker games and beers have been had over that one between me and my buddies.

I liked Akimbo because they were (and pretty much are judging by that statement) the least pretentious band ever. They played music they loved about thinks they loved. Sure they could do an entire Tycho Brahe story arch but it wasn't mind numbingly overt, in fact, if you didn't know who Brache was at all you could probably enjoy the music regardless. Then they could release an EP about fucking huge sharks because huge sharks fucking rock.

It's odd to think that a band just doing whatever they wanted is a sort of novel concept but in today's world it kind of is and these guys clearly gave zero fucks about what anyone else thought. Also, they had a shirt with a dragon fucking a dude.

This news was announced almost a full month ago. Honestly, I figured that they had quietly broken up a long time ago, seeing as they hadn`t put out a new album in almost 4 years. I didn`t enjoy Jersey Shore all that much, but Forging Steel and Navigating the Bronze are two of the best metal/thrash recordings of the previous decade.